Billy Mitchell

tenor saxophone, saxophone, reeds

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Dizzy Gillespie
Count Basie
Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie & His Orchestra
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Dizzy Gillespie tenor saxophone A Night in Tunisia, Annie's Dance, Annie’s Dance, Autumn Leaves, Birks’ Works, Carioca, Cool Breeze, Dizzy's Blues, Dizzy's Business, Dizzy’s Blues, Dizzy’s Business, Doodlin', Doodlin’, Groovin' High, Groovin' for Nat, Groovin’ For Nat, Groovin’ High, Hey Pete, Hey, Pete, I Can't Get Started, I Can’t Get Started, I Remember Clifford, If You Could See Me Now, Jessica's Day, Jessica’s Day, Joogie Boogie, Jordu, Left Hand Corner, Left Hand Corner (alt), Left Hand Corner (false start), Manteca, Mayflower Rock, Mayflower Rock (alt), My Reverie, Over the Rainbow, School Days, Selections From Zodiac Suite: Virgo / Libra / Aries, Stable Mates, Stablemates, Stella by Starlight, Tangorine, That's All, That’s All, The Champ, Tin Tin Deo, Tour De Force, Tour de Force, Umbrella Man, Whisper Not, Whisper Not (alt), Wonder Why, Yesterdays, Yo no quiero bailar, You’ll Be Sorry
Count Basie saxophone, tenor saxophone A Little Tempo, Please, A Square at the Roundtable, Bag-A' Bones, Basie Boogie, Blee Bop Blues, Blues in Hoss' Flat, Corner Pocket, Count Down, Cute, Fair and Warmer, For Lena and Lennie, H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness), Half Moon Street, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, I Needs to Be Bee'd With, In A Mellotone, It's Awf'ly Nice to be with You, Jessica's Day, Kansas City Shout, Late Date, Little Pony, Meet B B, Moten Swing, Mutt & Jeff, Muttnik, Old Man River, Pensive Miss, Pony Tail, Quince, Rat Race, Scoot, Segue in C, Sloo Foot, Speaking of Sounds, Spring Is Here, TV Time, The Big Walk, The Deacon, The Kid From Red Bank, The Midgets, The Midnite Sun Never Sets, Whirly Bird, Who, Me?, Why Not
Sarah Vaughan saxophone, tenor saxophone Alone, Cheek to Cheek, Darn That Dream, Doodlin', I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Just One of Those Things, Little Man You've Had a Busy Day, Lover Man, Mean to Me, Missing You, Moonlight in Vermont, No 'count Blues, Perdido, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stardust, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (first version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Count Basie & His Orchestra tenor saxophone A Fine Romance (From "Swing Time"), A Foggy Day (From "A Damsel in Distress"), A Little Tempo, Please, Bag a' Bones, Carioca (From "Flying Down to Rio"), Count Down, Cute, Days of Wine and Roses, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, Hurry Sundown Blues (From "Hurry Sundown"), In the Still of the Night (From "Rosalie"), It Might As Well Be Spring (From "State Fair"), It's Awf'Ly Nice to Be With You, Late Date, Laura (From "Laura"), Pensive Miss, Pony Tail, Scoot, Secret Love (From "Calamity Jane"), Sloo Foot, Strangers in the Night (From "A Man Who Could Get Killed"), The Shadow Of Your Smile, The Trolley Song (From "Meet Me in St. Louis")
The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band tenor saxophone Astrorama (Jean Luc Ponty), Endosme, Exorcisme, Get Out of Town, I'm So Scared of Girls When They're Good Looking, Johnny One Note, Long Note Blues (Here Is Cecco Beppe), Night Lady, Now Hear My Meanin', Old Stuff, Om Mani Padme Hum, Osaka Calling (Albert Mangelsdorff), Our Kind of Sabi (Eddie Louiss), Sabbath Message, Sakara, Sonor, Speedy Reeds, Wintersong (John Surman)
Thad Jones tenor saxophone April in Paris, Billie-Doo, Friday the 13th, H and T Blues, I've Got a Crush on You, If I Love Again, If Someone Had Told Me, Let's Play One, Like Old Times, Minor on Top, No Refill, Something to Remember You By, Subtle Rebuttal, Subtle Rebuttal (alternate take), Thedia, Tip Toe
Ivan Enot saxophone Alone, I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day), Lover Man, Mean to Me, Perdido, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (alternate version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Kyam tenor saxophone A Fine Romance, A Foggy Day, Carioca, Days of Wine and Roses, Hurry Sundown Blues, In the Still of the Night, It Might as Well Be Spring, Laura, Secret Love, Strangers in the Night, The Shadow of Your Smile, The Trolley Song
Gerard Gambus tenor saxophone About Time (take 5 - master), D. D. T. (take 5 - master), Day by Day (take 2 - Master), Dishwater, Over the Rainbow (take 3 - alternate), Over the Rainbow (take 4 - Master), Rite of Swing (take 3 - master), Someone I Know (take 3- alternate), Someone I Know (take 6 - master), Whisper Not (take 3-4 alternate), Whisper Not (take 5 - master)
Sammy Davis Jr. reeds Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me, Face to Face, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Get on the Right Track Baby, I Got a Woman, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Mess Around, The Lady Is a Tramp, There Is No Greater Love, This Little Girl of Mine, Till Then
Frank Wess & Harry Edison Orchestra tenor saxophone All Riled Up, Battle Royal, Blue on Blue, Dejection Blues, I Wish I Knew, Jumpin' At The Woodside, Li'l Darlin', One O'Clock Jump, The Very Thought Of You, This Is All I Ask, Whirly Bird
The Frank Wess Orchestra tenor saxophone Blues In The 2%, But Beautiful, Entre Nous, Imus The Blues, Lover, Order In The Court, Pit Pat Blues, Rink Rat, Shiny Stockings, St. James Infirmary
Kalin tenor saxophone All or Nothing at All, Blues Up and Down, Blues in the Closet, Easy Living, I Surrender Dear, Night Flight to Dakar, Robbins Nest, Sweet Senegalese Brown, The King
Ray Charles tenor saxophone From the Heart, It Had to Be You, I’ve Got News for You, Mister C, Moanin’, Stompin’ Room Only, Strike Up the Band, Two Years of Torture, When Your Lover Has Gone
Milt Jackson tenor saxophone Bruz, Conglomeration, Faultless, Hey, Frenchy, Roll 'Em Bags, You Go to My Head
Tystnad tenor saxophone Bossa Nova Ova, Brother Peabody, Kids Are Pretty People, Little Juicy, Oliver Jr., Stella by Starlight
LazyTramp tenor saxophone Let's Play One, Like Old Times, Minor on Top, No Refill
Jimmy Heath tenor saxophone The Voice of the Saxophone (From the Afro-American Suite of Evolution), Without You, No Me
Willie B. Harris tenor saxophone Meet B. B.